Editing Contra dance (section)

==External links==
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; Contra dance associations
:* [http://www.cdss.org/ Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS)] preserves a variety of Anglo-American folk traditions in North America, including folk music, folk song, English country dance, contra dance and morris dance.
:* [http://www.aads.be/ Anglo-American Dance Service] Based in Belgium, promoting contra dance and English dance in Western Europe.

; Descriptions & definitions
:* Gary Shapiro's [http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/ What Is Contra Dance?]
:* Hamilton Contra Dances [http://www.hamiltoncontra.ca/primer.html A Contra Dance Primer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310031432/http://www.hamiltoncontra.ca/primer.html |date=2015-03-10 }}
:* Hamilton Contra Dances [http://www.hamiltoncontra.ca/contraculture.html Contraculture: An introduction to contradancing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117214814/http://www.hamiltoncontra.ca/contraculture.html |date=2019-11-17 }}
:* Sharon Barrett Kennedy's [http://www.art-rageous.net/Contradancing.html "Now, What in the World is Contra Dancing?"]

; Different traditions and cultures in contra dance
:* Colin Hume's [http://www.colinhume.com/american.htm Advice to Americans in England]

; Research resources
:* University of New Hampshire Special Collections: [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/ New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music and Dance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101115431/http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/ |date=2006-01-01 }}

; Finding contra dances
:* [http://map.cdss.org/#types=contra CDSS Dance Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206081357/http://map.cdss.org/#types=contra |date=2015-02-06 }} – interactive, crowd sourced map of contra and folk dances around the world
:* [http://www.contradancelinks.com/ Contra Dance Links] – comprehensive, up-to-date lists of local dances, weekend dances, musicians, callers, etc.
:* [http://www.thedancegypsy.com/ The Dance Gypsy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226205348/http://www.thedancegypsy.com/ |date=2021-02-26 }} – locations of contra dances, and many other folk dances, around the world
:* [http://trycontra.com Try Contra] – Find contra dances using ZIP Code search.
:* [http://tedcrane.com/DanceDB/NationalGrid.com National Contra Grid] – Look up dances by day-of-week & City.
:* [http://contradance.org ContraDance.org] – Description, Links, videos, and local schedule.

:; In the United Kingdom
:* [http://contrafusion.co.uk/Links.html UK Contra Clubs]
:* [https://www.areyoudancing.com/ Are You Dancing] – calendar of social dance events in the UK, including contras
:* [https://www.efdss.org/calendar-events English Folk Dance and Song Society dance calendar] – calendar of folk dance events in the UK, including contras

:; In France
:* [https://sites.google.com/site/americancontradanceinparis/ Paris Contra Dance]

; Video
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM5vNzFxxBs Contra dance in Oswego, New York], with music by the Great Bear Trio. 2013.
:* Two American country dance [http://countrycorners.blogspot.com/ films on DVD]: "Country Corners" (1976), and "Full of Life A-Dancin'" (1978).
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1cPyJWm-g4 Contra dance in Tacoma, Washington], with music by Crowfoot. 2009.
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuPbte5knOY Welcome to the Contra Dance] – dancers discuss their experiences contra dancing, set over photographs of contras
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr5tZ6jeYXs&list=PL2656C72CF6DD5547&index=4 The New Contra Dance Commercial] (2 minute look at contra in a few dance halls, see playlist)
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m9EGS4iiOg Why We Contra Dance] (dancers discuss why they enjoy contra dance, with video of dancing)
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxNQBZjwaRo&t=12s Dancing Community] (dancers from Louisville talk about their contra dancing experiences, with video of dancing)
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BjR-LuMPr4 Contra Dancing and New Dancers] (new contra dancers in Atlanta, Georgia, discuss their experience)
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6vVoiFT9c A History of Contra] (documentary of contra dancing, spanning 150+ years of dance culture)
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOxPQkPqAUM Contra dance in Chattanooga, Tennessee] with music by Buddy System and calling by Seth Tepfer, 2019
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CEpOnmbePM The Contra Dance] (Doug Plummer's 3 minute slide + video set, with Ed Howe's fiddle music from May 2019)
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xFkP_MYEIE Contra dance in Glen Echo, Maryland] with music by Elixir and calling by Nils Fredland, Contrastock 4, 2014.
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wbDpwcxP9M Contra dance in Pinellas, Florida] with music by ContraForce and calling by Charlotte Crittenden, 2017)
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKoYD3t_thQ Example Contra Dance Lesson] (caller Cis Hinkle explains the basics, with contra vocabulary)
:* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcOVA_oKZ4E Contra Nils Walkthrough and Dance]

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